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* The free interactive eBook and accompanying online resources that come with this new edition will be available to access middle February 2019!

`This user-friendly interactive book makes concepts simple and gives you the confidence and knowledge to learn and teach mathematics to primary children. You can conveniently access easily digestible content to build and test your knowledge. It's a must have on any teachers book shelf!'

SAGE Primary Mathematics Student Panel

LESSON PLANS AND WORKSHEETS: Save time with ideas and resources for planning your lessons.

PROBLEM SOLVED! VIDEOS: Visualise how to solve a question by watching a quick animated demonstration.

LEARNING AND TEACHING POINTS: Feel confident in the classroom with these key points to remember when planning and teaching.

QUESTIONS AND QUIZZES: Achieve a firm grasp of concepts and a clear understanding with self-assessment questions and quizzes.

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Author Biography

Derek Haylock is an education writer, with an extensive list of publications in the field of mathematics education. He worked for over 30 years in teacher education, both initial and in-service, and was Co-Director of Primary Initial Teacher Training and responsible for the mathematics components of the primary programmes at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. He has considerable practical experience of teaching and researching in primary classrooms. His work in mathematics education has taken him to Germany, Belgium, Lesotho, Kenya, Brunei, India and Sweden. As well as his publications in the field of education, he has written seven books of Christian drama for young people and a Christmas musical (published by Church House/National Society). For 15 years after his time at UEA, he was in great demand as a consultant and professional speaker. His work as a writer continues.

Ralph Manning is an independent consultant in primary education. He has worked as a primary teacher and as a lecturer in primary teacher education for 18 years, following an earlier career in the IT industry. Ralph led the mathematics and physical education programmes for the Primary PGCE at the University of East Anglia until 2013. His other specific interests are in developing children's higher thinking skills, assessment for learning and planning for teaching effectively. He was a former founding member of the General Teaching Council for England and is engaged in supporting developing education projects in India.

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Derek Haylock's much loved textbook, Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers, helps you gain the skills to confidently teach mathematics by increasing your own understanding of mathematical concepts, and how children learn them. This fifth edition also includes free access to an interactive online textbook which gives the flexibility and support to study how and where you want.

The accompanying Student Workbook to Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers includes over 650 practice problems, with detailed solutions and explanatory notes, so you can review, practice and apply your understanding of mathematics principles.

Updated with a range of new question and answer material, and tightly mapped against the structure of the main book, this student workbook is the ideal companion to Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers, 6th edition. It gives students the opportunity to test their subject knowledge while improving their mathematical skills.

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